{"id":6049,"date":"2023-05-09T10:10:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T05:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=6049"},"modified":"2023-05-09T10:10:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T05:10:55","slug":"first-ever-international-art-festival-in-the-maldives-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=6049","title":{"rendered":"First-ever international art festival in the Maldives begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has inaugurated the first-ever international art festival in the Maldives; &#8220;Faruma &#8211; International Youth Art Festival 2023&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The festival was launched by Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Community Empowerment in collaboration with Maldivian Artist Community.<\/p>\n<p>The festival will bring together talented local artists from across the country to showcase their work.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-day event is aimed at all age categories.<\/p>\n<p>At the launching ceremony, Minister of Youth Ahmed Mahloof affirmed the ministry&#8217;s commitment to create various platforms for local artists to showcase their talents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, we have proved the ministry&#8217;s only mandate is not football promotion, and this festival is testament to that. This is the first-ever international art festival in the Maldives,&#8221; Mahloof said.<\/p>\n<p>Artists from 10 areas of art and crafts will participate in the event, which including drawing or sketching, painting, photography, food and culinary, and music.<\/p>\n<p>Besides local artists, a total of 80 talented artists from eight different countries will participate in the event as well, which include India, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Syria, and Lebanon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has inaugurated the first-ever international art festival in the Maldives; &#8220;Faruma &#8211; International Youth Art Festival 2023&#8221;. The festival was launched by Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Community Empowerment in collaboration with Maldivian Artist Community. 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